PHP Manual: Count the number of entries in a search

Description

int ldap_count_entries ( resource $link_identifier , resource $result_identifier )

Returns the number of entries stored in the result of previous search operations.

Parameters

link_identifier: An LDAP link identifier, returned by ldap_connect.
result_identifier: The internal LDAP result.

Return Values

Returns number of entries in the result or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 ldap-count-entries example

Retrieve number of entries in the result.


// $ds is a valid link identifier (see ldap_connect)

     $dn        = 'ou=example,dc=org';
     $filter    = '(|(sn=Doe*)(givenname=John*))';
     $justthese = array('ou', 'sn', 'givenname', 'mail');

     $sr = ldap_search($ds, $dn, $filter, $justthese);

     var_dump(ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr));

The above example will output something similar to:

     int(1)